{"id":1543,"date":"2009-03-09T12:25:58","date_gmt":"2009-03-09T10:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/germany2\/2009\/03\/09\/entry-number-01756\/"},"modified":"2009-03-10T13:19:07","modified_gmt":"2009-03-10T11:19:07","slug":"entry-number-01756","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/2009\/03\/09\/entry-number-01756\/","title":{"rendered":"Entry Number 01756"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>9 MARCH 2009, MONDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY<\/p>\n<p>The Technical University of Munich* \u2013 Demographic Chaos \u2013 4<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nAxel Freimuth, the university\u2019s rector, would be happy with that decision, if it weren\u2019t for a recent agreement between the German federal government and the states, covering the universities. This agreement obliges the University of Cologne to expand the student population to what it was in 2005 and then accept an additional nine hundred students a year. Thus, the university, after reducing the student population to an acceptable level, must now, by government decree, increase it again.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(To be continued)<\/p>\n<p>Source: Trentmann, Nina, \u201cDemographisches Chaos,\u201d ZEIT ONLINE, 6 February 2009.<\/p>\n<p>*The Technical University of Munich, officially recognized by the German government as an \u201celite university,\u201d is ranked 67 among the world\u2019s universities. That is, for example, sixteen places below Seoul National University of South Korea. (The Times of London, Higher Education Supplement [THES], World University Rankings, 2007)<br \/>\n<em><br \/>\n\u201cWhile the traditional study-abroad sites for Americans \u2014 Britain, Italy, Spain and France \u2014 still attract more students from the United States, the report found that China is now the fifth-most-popular destination.\u201d \u2013 The New York Times, 17 November 2008<\/p>\n<p>And what about Germany?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Novel: http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/revision<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-<\/p>\n<p>9 M\u00c4RZ 2009, MONTAG, D\u00dcSSELDORF, DEUTSCHLAND<\/p>\n<p>Die Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen* \u2013 Demographisches Chaos \u2013 4<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nFreimuth k\u00f6nnte damit zufrieden sein, w\u00e4re da nicht der Hochschulpakt 2020. Diese Abmachung zwischen Bund und L\u00e4ndern verpflichtet den K\u00f6lner Rektor, 900 Studenten mehr pro Jahr aufzunehmen und vorher die \u00dcberlast des Jahres 2005 wiederherzustellen. Seine Universit\u00e4t, die sich gerade erst auf eine annehmbare Gr\u00f6\u00dfe geschrumpft hatte, muss nun wieder wachsen.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(Fortsetzung folgt.)<\/p>\n<p>Quelle: Trentmann, Nina, \u201eDemographisches Chaos\u201d, ZEIT ONLINE, 6.2.2009.<\/p>\n<p>*Die Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen, eine durch die deutsche Regierung anerkannte \u201eElite-Universit\u00e4t\u201c, steht an der 67. Stelle in der Welt; d.h., zum Beispiel, 16 Stellen unter der Seoul National University von S\u00fcdkorea. (The Times of London, Higher Education Supplement [THES], World University Rankings, 2007)<br \/>\n<em><br \/>\n\u201eUnter Amerikanern, die im Ausland studieren, sind die beliebtesten L\u00e4nder Gro\u00dfbritannien, Italien, Spanien, Frankreich und China.\u201c \u2013 The New York Times, 17.11.2008.<\/p>\n<p>Und was ist mit Deutschland?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Novel: http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/revision\/<br \/>\n===========================================<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>9 MARCH 2009, MONDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY The Technical University of Munich* \u2013 Demographic Chaos \u2013 4 Axel Freimuth, the university\u2019s rector, would be happy with that decision, if it weren\u2019t for a recent agreement between the German federal government and the states, covering the universities. 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